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Time does fly as baby girl is six months old

On Dec. 7 our baby girl turned six months old already, and just recently we are really starting to notice how much she’s grown and changed.

At her six-month needle appointment a few days prior, the little chubster weighed in at 16.7 pounds and measured 30 inches long.

Being with her every day we didn’t notice how much she has grown since birth until it was pointed out to us. And it’s the friends that have only met her a few times that mention how much she’s grown that makes us take a step back and really think about it.

It’s already hard for me to remember how tiny she was six months ago, considering now she’s 10 pounds heavier and nine inches longer.

If you noticed the Baby 2017 ad in The Post, that is our baby’s modelling debut. That photo of her in the ad doesn’t even really look like her anymore as she’s gained weight and her cheeks have filled out. She was only eight days old in the photo in the ad.

The one way we did notice she was growing was her wardrobe. Even though she stayed in the newborn size for awhile, she was quicker to grow out of the three-month size and is now comfortably in the 6-12 month size.

Her diaper size has made a more gradual upgrade as even though I call her the little chubster, she is more tall and thin than chubby.

As she grows older we are still noticing she looks more like me, but with my wife’s cute button nose. She’s also staying true to the Lester haircut, although it’s finally starting to grow a little better.

We’ve been comparing baby photos ever since she was born, and there are some of myself and even my dad’s baby photos that have a strong resemblance to her.

We even found one recently of her oldest first cousin on the Lester side that could be a photo of her or her cousin – it would be a good guessing game to play with relatives.

With the looks of her acquiring so many Lester traits, hopefully she picked up the athletic gene as well.

I know she loves watching hockey and football already, but my wife says she just enjoys the bright colours and the movement on the television screen. We’ll see how she really feels about it in the future – I know she’ll love sports.

As we get settled into our new forever home, our baby’s life got altered with some later nights, shortened or missed naps and an overall new surrounding that we were surprised it’s taken a little bit of time for her to get used to.

Finally this past weekend her life wasn’t disrupted as much and she is settling back into a normal routine.

However, upon the arrival of her six-month birthday, we decided it was time to get our baby started with some baby cereal and vegetables.

We thought a more full belly would help her sleep better, but the first night was horrible. Luckily that was the only ridiculous night, and she has been better ever since.

Like I’ve stated in previous columns, we have nothing to complain about after hearing stories from others who have babies and toddlers who are up multiple times every night.

Another great achievement in her life recently is she is able to sit up by herself for short periods of time. She still can’t get to the sitting position by herself, and she doesn’t realize yet that she needs to get her hands out to stop and/or protect herself when she falls over.

But if she stays still enough for awhile she sits by herself pretty good.

It really makes her look like a big girl, and her smiley-faced reaction tells us she is as proud of herself as we are of her.